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By Juan Barjas: Saturday night at the Panama Al Brown Arena in Colon City, Panama, Daniel “The Haitian Sensation” Edouard met up with hometown favorite Alfonso Mosquera
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By Mark McKenna: Osaka Born , Perth based WBO No.2 Junior Featherweight Kenichi Yamaguchi is confident of topping Puerto Rico’s WBO Champion Wilfredo Vazquez Jr in bout to happen in the near future.
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By Juan Barajas: Saturday night at the Ohene Djan Sports Stadium in Accra, Ghana, light heavyweights Brimah Kamoko and journeyman Hector Velazco fought for the vacant World Professional Boxing Federation title.
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One is a Hall of Fame great who was one of the greatest lightweights of all time, the second is a future Hall of Famer and the brightest boxing star today, both winning world titles in multiple weight classes, but that hasn’t stopped SecondsOut’s team of fearless writers from making their confident picks for a twelve round welterweight boxing match between Roberto Duran and Manny Pacquiao at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, USA.
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Unbeaten German boxers Karo Murat, 22-0-(13), and Alexander Frenkel, 22-0, (17), face the biggest tests of their young careers on September 18 when they travel to Birmingham for a special night of boxing at the LG Arena.
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IBF/WBO and IBO heavyweight king Wladimir Klitschko is concerned his latest title defence against Alexander Povetkin could fall through once again after the Russian mandatory IBF challenger failed to show for the first press conference to publicise their September 11 fight.
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By Juan Barajas: In Chiapas, Mexico, Fernando Montiel the WBC/WBO bantamweight champion battled for three rounds with Rafael Concepcion before stopping him at 1:07 in the third.
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Juan Carlos Reveco of Argentina retained his WBA light flyweight interim crown via a fifth round tko against Armando Torres at the Polideportivo Vicente Polimeni in Las Heras, Mendoza, Argentina Saturday night.
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Last week WBA middleweight super champion Felix Sturm reached an agreement with his former promoter Klaus-Peter Kohl (Universum) regarding the end of their promotional contract.
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By Paul Upham: Boxing fans may see a familiar face from years past this coming weekend when David Tua competes at the Tropicana Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA. He may be a little bit older at 37, but the knockout punch remains the same.
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Tebor Brosch won the vacant Canadian welterweight title in a fierce battle with Justin Fountain at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada on Saturday night.
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The champion is being held up as the new rising star of boxing and the challenger is a hard working contender ready to upset the promoter’s future fight plans, but that hasn’t stopped SecondsOut’s team of fearless writers from making their confident picks for Saturday’s WBO featherweight world title match between title-holder Juan Manuel Lopez and Bernabe Concepcion at the Coliseo Jose Miguel Agrelot in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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Each week at SecondsOut.com our Ask The Editor (ATE) section answers questions from you the readers. Want to get your opinion off your chest? Is a boxing match or boxer driving you mad? Do you think one of our Editors has gone completely cuckoo? Ask The Editor now!
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By Tri Nguyen: Ulises "Archie" Solis won a convincing 10-round unanimous decision against Eric Ortiz. Solis dropped Ortiz in the ninth and tenth and rounds on Saturday night.
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In today’s edition of Ask The Editor (ATE), we ask who gets burnt if Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather is not made, question the return of Antonio Margarito and preview the Wladimir Klitschko-Alexander Povetkin battle. We lament a possible David Haye-Audley Harrison match, spin the Super Six boxing upset bottle once again and much more.
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Pound for pound king Manny Pacquiao has taken been sworn in as a Philippine congressman.
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Eduardo Escobedo scored a fifth round technical decision win over Arastides Pacrez in Los Mochis, Mexico on Saturday night to claim the WBC Silver Super featherweight title.
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By Dmytro Mossienko: The Klitschko brothers K2 promotional vehicle staged yet another exciting championship fight at the now legendary Black sea port of Odessa on Saturday.
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WBC interim middleweight champion Sebastian Zbik is setto defend his title against Argentine boxer Jorge Heiland in Hamburg, Germany on July 31.
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In today’s edition of Ask The Editor (ATE), we preview the Julio Cesar Chavez Jr-John Duddy boxing match, thrown some petrol on the fire with more Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather Jr talk and marvel the impressive performances of Andre Ward. We throw another dirty towel at the Miguel Cotto-Yuri Foreman fight, kick some pound for pound rankings Mike Norby’s way, consider crowning Audley Harrison and much more.
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When capturing the WBA Light Heavyweight Championship in just his 10th professional bout back in January, Beibut Shumenov (9-1, 6 KOs) entered the boxing record books for winning a major world title in the light heavyweight division with the fewest number of fights
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South African media are reporting that IBO welterweight boxing world champion Lovemore Ndou will defend his belt against the undefeated Bongani Mwelase in September 2010.
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By: Chito Katangkatang: Fresh from Las Vegas- Michel Rosales has backed out from his July 3 rematch with Filipino Top Welterweight prospect “Mighty” Mark Jason Melligen. The reasons for backing out remained undisclosed as of this time.
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At today’s purse bid for the right to stage the vacant European heavyweight championship between Alexander Dimitrenko and Denis Bakhtov in Rome, Russian promoter German Titov won the right to stage the fight.
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By Chito Katangkatang: WBC International Minimumweight Champion Denver “The Excitement” Cuello-Singwangcha will fight in a tune-up match with Philippine Rated No. 5 Nelson Llanos of Butuan City.
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Malawi boxer Isaac Chilemba won the vacant IBO super middleweight boxing world title with a unanimous twelve round points decision win over Australian Michael Bolling on Saturday night 19 June at Emperor’s Palace in Kempton Park, Gauteng, South Africa.
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Team Valuev announced today that they will accept an offer made by K2 Promotions for former two-time WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai “Russian Giant” Valuev to face WBC champion Vitali Klitschko.
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Robert Helenius fights for his first title on August 21 when he clashes with Gregory Tony for the vacant EU Heavyweight Title.
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WBC light-flyweight champion Rodel Mayol has promised to leave everyone in no doubt who the winner will be when he defends his title against Omar Nino Romero in San Juan Del Rio, Mexico on Saturday night.
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WBO Cruiserweight Champion Marco “Captain” Huck will take on Matt Godfrey in Erfurt on August 21.
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Promoter Wilfried Sauerland received the biggest honour in boxing on Sunday night when he was officially inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
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Former WBC light flyweight champion Edgar Sosa made a quick and impressive return to the ring Saturday night, knocking out Roberto Leyva in the second round.
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After 12 very close rounds Selcuk Aydin edged out Ionut Dan Ion a.k.a. Jo Jo by split decision at the Abdi İpekci Spor Salonu in Istanbul, Turkey on Saturday night.
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IBF middleweight champion Sebastian Sylvester retained his crown by virtue of a 12 round split decision draw against Russian Roman Karmazin at the Jahnsportforum in Neubrandenburg, Germany on Saturday night.
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American Steve ‘USS’ Cunningham arrived in Neubrandenburg, Germany earlier this week and immediately vowed to reclaim is old IBF cruiserweight crown.
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In five days Arena Box Prmotions present the first-ever boxing world championship on Turkish soil when welterweight star Selcuk Aydin takes on Canada based Romanian Ionut Dan Ion for the WBC Silver title in Istanbul.
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Fighting for the fight time as a professional in Canada, welterweight prospect Mikael Zewski thrilled the huge crowd at the Pepsi Coliseum on Friday night with a first round knockout of veteran John Hoffman.
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Miguel Acosta of Venezuela stunned the crowd at the central Windhoek stadium in Namibia on Saturday night by knocking out local hero Paulus Moses in the sixth round to claim the WBA lightweight title.
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By Paul Upham: WBC heavyweight boxing world champion Vitali Klitschko continued his title reign with a 10th round knockout win over Albert Sosnowski on Saturday night 29th May at the Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. A gallant Sosnowski lasted longer than many had expected, until Klitschko ended it with a looping right hand to the head.
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Former WBA junior welterweight champ Souleymane M’baye moved up in weight to claim the vacant WBA interim welterweight crown Friday night.
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World-rated featherweights Juan Carlos Burgos and Ricardo Castillo hit the scales in anticipation of their WBC 126 lbs. eliminator tomorrow (Sat., May 29) at Tecate Boxing Tour Arena in Guadalajara, Mexico.
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The champion is experiencing an amazing peak at an advanced boxing age, while the well muscled challenger wants to prove that he belongs at the elite level, but that hasn’t stopped SecondsOut’s team of fearless writers from making their confident picks for Saturday’s WBC heavyweight title match between belt holder Vitali Klitschko and Albert Sosnowski at the Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
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This Saturday night, European heavyweight champion, Albert "The Dragon" Sosnowski will be looking to become the first ever Polish Heavyweight Champion, when he takes on WBC heavyweight king, Vitali Klitschko at Veltins Arena, in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
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WBC heavyweight boxing world champion Vitali Klitschko will defend his title against Albert Sosnowski over twelve rounds on Saturday night 29th May 2010 at the Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Both fighters weighed in officially on Friday.
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The boxers have weighed-in for tomorrow’s (Sat., May 29) “Undefeated Champions” PPV event, including WBO world champions Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. and Rocky Martinez, at Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez in Bayamon, PR.
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Former South African junior flyweight champion Mveleli Luzipho has died at his home in Mdantsane, South Africa, The 43 year-old died folowing a long illness
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IBF Middleweight Champion Sebastian Sylvester will make a second defence of his title in Neubrandenburg, Germany on June 5 when he takes on mandatory challenger Roman Karmazin.
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WBA lightweight champion Paulus Moses will defend his title in the capital city of his native Namibia, this Sat., May 29 in a showdown against WBA interim lightweight champion Miguel Acosta.
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Former WBC 168 lbs. champion Eric Lucas, currently ranked #11, returns to action for the first time in 2010 when he takes on WBC #12 rated challenger Librado Andrade, this Fri., May 28, at the Pepsi Arena in Quebec City. The card will also feature Canadian prospect Mikael Zewski.
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Kazakhstan born southpaw Vitaliy Demyaneko notched up the eighth defense of his PABA welterweight boxing title in Moscow, Russia on Sunday 23rd May 2010 when he stopped late replacement Walter Gomez in the 2nd round. The fight was also a defense of his WBA Asia Pacific title.
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WBC #2 ranked 126 lbs. contender Juan Carlos Burgos is training in the Jalisco capital of Guadalajara, Mexico, as he prepares for his bout with Ricardo Castillo on May 29 at Tecate Arena. The “Road to the Title” event is promoted by HG Boxing in assoc/w Thompson Boxing Promotions and Banner Promotions.
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Former WBA heavyweight champion Ruslan Chagaev out-pointed Kali Meehan over 12 rounds in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, on Saturday night. The fight was a WBA heavyweight title eliminator for the right to challenge champion David Haye. to earn the right to challenge David Haye.
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In today’s edition of Ask The Editor (ATE), we review Amir Khan’s victory over Paulie Malignaggi and Floyd Mayweather Jr’s impressive performance against Shane Mosley. Carl Froch’s mouth gets a mention. Kelly Pavlik’s fall is questioned, along with a review of David Haye vs. John Ruiz. The focus is put on the Klitschko brothers and much more.
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One boxer is a former world champion trying to get back to the top where he once was, the other is trying to get back to challenging for a boxing world title, but that hasn’t stopped SecondsOut’s team of fearless writers from making their confident picks for Saturday’s WBA heavyweight world title eliminator between Ruslan Chagaev and Kali Meehan at the Stadthalle in Rostock, Germany.
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Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym successfully defended his WBA super-bantamweight title for the second time Thursday with a fourth round knockout of challenger Shoji Kimura.
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Takashi Uchiyama scored a sixth round stoppage win over Venezuelan challenger Angel Granados to retain his WBA super featherweight crown in Saitama, Japan on Monday.
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By Mark McKenna Ringside-Tattersalls Club,Sydney: Popular power puncher Kerry Foley claimed the vacant New South Wales state cruiserweight title Friday night with a first round stoppage trial horse Peter Brennan.
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At Luna Park Stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Omar Narvaez, moved up from 112 to 115 lbs. to capture the vacant WBO super flyweight title via unanimous decision over top contender Everth Briceno, on scores of 118-107 and 117-108 twice.
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WBC lightweight king Humberto Soto, 52-7-2-(32), made a successful first defence of his title in Los Mochis, Mexico Saturday night with a comfortable 12 round points win over Ricardo Dominguez.
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Orlando Salido avenged an earlier defeat to Cristobel Cruz at the Tomás Oroz Gaytán Stadium in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, Mexico Saturday night by scoring a 12 round points victory and claiming the IBF fatherweight crown
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Former WBC bantamweight champ Hozumi Hasegawa was released from hospital on Friday in Kobe, Japan, three days after undergoing surgery on his broken jaw.
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Venezuelan authorities have exhumed the body of former world lightweight champion Edwin Valero following a request from his family, who believe he may not have committed suicide.
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Rudy Markussen today gave a taste of his famed and feared punching power during a public work-out in Herning.
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Argentinian Sergio “Maravilla” Martínez was honored this afternoon by the WBO presidente Francisco "Paco" Valcárcel"
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It looks like Wladimir Klitschko will defend his IBF and WBO crowns against WBA champ David Haye in the heavyweight fight of the year.
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Undefeated WBA lightweight champion Paulus Moses will defend his title in the capital city of Namibia on May 29 against WBA interim champion Miguel Acosta.
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By Mark McKenna: Exciting Super Featherweight ‘ Wild ‘ Will Tomlinson makes a fast return to boxing on May 20 at Parramatta Leagues club in the main support bout to Vic Darchinyan’s vacant IBO bantamweight title stoush against Eric Barcelona.
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Former welterweight champion Antonio Margarito returned to the ring after 18 months out to score clear 10 round points decision over Roberto Garcia at Plaza de Toros Monumental in Aguascalientes, Mexico on Saturday night.
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In a rematch, former WBO 108 lbs. world champion and WBA #1 rated super flyweight Hugo Cazares returned to Prefectural Gymnasium in Osaka, Japan earlier today (May 8) to outpoint hometown favorite Nobuo Nashiro, and capture the WBA 115 lbs. crown via unanimous scores of 117-111 twice and 115-113.
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Jerry Glick reporting-After making changes in his team following his loss to Ricky Hatton, Paul “Magic Man” Malignaggi found new life in his boxing career when he hooked up with his current trainer Sharif Younan.
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It’s getting close to fight time and the three time world welterweight champion, Antonio Margartio is very anxious to get in the ring and fight for the first time in over 15 months. Margarito: “Garcia is Headed for a Twister!”
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Steve “USS” Cunningham will have his first fight under the promotional banner of Team Sauerland against Troy Ross, 23-1-(16), for the vacant IBF Cruiserweight Title in Neubrandenburg, Germany on June 5.
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Former double cruiserweight world champion Jean-Marc Mormeck of France out-pointed American Fres Oquendo the Halle Carpentier Arena in Paris, Franceon Thursday night.
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By Peter Lerner: Turchi, a 16-year-old heavyweight from Florence picked up the bronze medal at the AIBA Youth World Championships last Friday.
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By Mark McKenna: A purse bid will take place today( May 3) at the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas for the rights to promote a bout between the two highest ranked WBA Middleweights , Australian Anthony Mundine and Kazakhstan’s Gennady Golovkin.
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NEW YORK (April 26, 2010) – They’ve been waiting and watching. Now six young and hungry super middleweights with a combined record of 109-3 will get their chance to showcase their talent Friday, April 30 on ShoBox: The New Generation at 11 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the west coast) live on SHOWTIME®.
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Unbeaten super middleweight prospect Edwin Rodriguez takes another progressive step April 30, when he takes on rugged Kevin Engel in an 8-round bout April 30 on “The Next Generation of Super Middleweights, live from UIC Pavilion in Chicago.
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Herbie Hide will begin his quest for Prizefighter glory with a fight with Welshman Wayne Brooks.
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Wilfried Sauerland has rebuffed fellow promoter Mick Hennessy´s claims about a potential verbal agreement on the venue for the Super Six World Boxing Classic showdown between Arthur Abraham and Carl Froch.
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Carl Froch has threatened to pull out of the super six tournament if he is forced to fight Arthur Abraham in Berlin, Germany next.
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By Mark McKenna: After the Manny Pacquiao bout Nedal ‘Skinny’ set about his winning ways again. Dismayed by the rip off job in Asia a second loss wasn’t an option if a world title shot was to be procured.
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At the Sporthalle Hamburg in Alsterdorf, Germany, WBO 175 lbs. champion Jürgen Brähmer made is first official title defense a rousing success by stopping Mariano Nicolas Plotinsky in five one-sided rounds, including a first round knockdown. The bout was waved off at 2:36 of round five.
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Mikkel Kessler believes beating Carl Froch to regain his WBC super-middleweight crown Saturday, has proved to Danish fights that he is far from finished at the top level.
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At the Hotel Fairmont Princess in Acapulco, Mexico, WBC #12 rated 130 lbs. contender Carlos Cardenas scored four knockdowns of Rafael Urias, who scored a knockdown of his own in round two (both men down in the 2nd), before succumbing to corner retirement between rounds four and five.
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The champion is entering enemy territory to defend his boxing world title and climb higher on the Super Six leaderboard, while the challenger is a former world champion attempting to reclaim his past reputation in front of his home crowd, but that hasn’t stopped SecondsOut’s team of fearless writers from making their confident picks for Saturday’s WBC super middleweight world title match between Carl Froch and Mikkel Kessler at MCH Messecenter in Herning, Denmark, televised on Showtime.
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Former light heavyweight and cruiserweight world champion Tomasz Adamek has weighed in 33lbs lighter than his opponent, Cristobal Arreola, for their heavyweight encounter on Saturday night in Ontario, California.
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Undefeated WBC super middleweight world champion Carl “The Cobra” Froch and challenger Mikkel Kessler both made weight ahead of their Super Six tournament showdown on Saturday night.
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BROOKLYN, N.Y.—World Boxing Council featherweight champion Elio “The Kid” Rojas (22-1, 13 KOs) has called out his World Boxing Association counterpart, undefeated Yuriorkis Gamboa (18-0, 15 KOs), demanding a world championship unification match.
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MIAMI (Apr. 23, 2009) – 2009 Brazilian Athlete of the Year, unbeaten middleweight prospect “Chairman of the Board” Michael Oliveira, returns to the ring April 30 to fight for the first time this year in a 6-round bout against 28-fight veteran Jessie Davis at Miccosukee Resort in Miami.
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Jerry Glick reporting: Once again Top Rank will bring boxing to New York’s Madison Square Garden on the eve of the Puerto Rican Day Parade. In recent years they headlined Miguel Cotto on this occasion, but this year 108 pound Champion Ivan Calderon will be in the main event for the first time on this exciting annual event.
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(New York, NY – April 22, 2010) DiBella Entertainment (“DBE”) made another significant addition to its stable, signing unbeaten light heavyweight prospect Mark “TNT” Tucker. Tucker, 22, fighting out of Eldersburg, Maryland has hit the ground running in his two year pro career, amassing a 13-0 record with 7 KOs.
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Former two weight world champion Edwin Valero was buried at the place of his birth in the Andean foothills, Vigia, Venezuela on Wednesday.
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WBC Super-Middleweight Champion Carl “The Cobra” Froch finally
arrived in Denmark on Wednesday afternoon to take on Danish national hero Mikkel Kessler in their eagerly-anticipated Super Six World Boxing Classic second-round meeting this Saturday.
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Jerry Glick reporting: He may look like he’s only a teenager-he fights with the vitality of one too-but Ivan “Iron Boy” Calderon is a 35 year old WBO World Light-flyweight, 108 pound Champion about to make his sixth defense of the belt that he won back in 2007. He is seven years a champion, having won the 105 pound belt in 2003 before moving up. The unbeaten Calderon has amassed a brilliant 33-0-1 (6 KOs), record.
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St. Paul, MN (April 21, 2010) – When Osseo’s Caleb Truax dropped a devastating decision to Minneapolitan Phil Williams in the 2005 Minnesota Golden Gloves, his sights were set on immediate revenge. Mission failed. Williams jolted to the professional ranks just one year later and Truax followed shortly thereafter.
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(Oxford, CA – April 20, 2010) Newly crowned world champion Sergio Martinez won the biggest fight of his career last Saturday night, a stunning and emphatic decision over Kelly Pavlik to capture the WBC and WBO world middleweight championship belts.
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Promoter Team Sauerland, have announced that WBC Super-Middleweight Champion Carl Froch will be flown into either North Germany or
Denmark by private jet on Tuesday afternoon.
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Former WBA 168-pound Champ Mikkel Kessler participated in a light workout in Herning, Denmark, just five days before his Super Six World Boxing Classic showdown with WBC super middleweight champ Carl Froch this Saturday, April 24, from MCH Arena, in Herning, Denmark, to be seen on Showtime.
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According to Venezuelan police former WBC lightweight champion Edwin Valero has killed himself in prison following his arrest for allegedly murdering his 20 year-old wife.
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